Bureau personnel regularly parlicipate in wildlife and other resource-oriculni Ik !J trips, demonstrations, and 

 educational activities. Here, Future Farmers study high-country range, forests, and wildlife in Colorado, under 

 the leadership of State and Federal specialists in these fields, including a Bureau representative. (Photo by 

 LeeE. Yeager) 



pesticide problems to the President's Council on 

 Science and Technology, an appointment that ex- 

 tended from October 1962 to March 1963. Dr. E. 

 H. Du-stman of the Washington Office served as 

 Acting Director of the Patnxent Center during 

 Dr. Buckley's absence. 



Albatross problem at Midway. — Because the 

 incidence of albatross strikes on military aircraft 

 is still dangerously liigh at Midway Island Xaval 

 Station, a critical 30-acre area adjacent to the two 

 operational runways was graded and hard-sur- 

 faced during the .summer of 19(>ii. The Depart- 

 ment of the Navy has taken steps to grade and 

 surface nesting ground along both runways during 

 the winter of 1968-()4, reconnnondcd by the Bu- 

 reau of Sport Fisheries and "\\'il(llil'(' as the most 

 practical means of reducing liu' stiike rate. Grad- 



ing removes dunes and trees that provide updrafts 

 for soaring birds, and hard-topping, of course, 

 prevents the albatrosses from nesting close to the 

 runways. Studies have consistently shown that 

 birds nesting in the immediate vicinity of the run- 

 ways are the ones most frequently involved in air- 

 craft strikes. 



Emfloyees on FuJbrlght feUoiotihips. — Two 

 veteran biologists of the Bureau were awarded 

 Fulbright fellowships during 1962. W. Leslie 

 Robinette, Chief, Section of Upland Ecology, re- 

 turned to the Denver Center early in July after 

 nearly a year's study of big game in Northern 

 Kliodesia, Africa. Mr. Robinette was requested by 

 Rhodesia's Department of (lame aiul Fisheries to 

 make management proposals in three big-game 

 areas, one of whicli involves the largest i-emaining 



